Rucks' Pit Field Trip Feb 26,2005

For all you folks that didn't get to make the trip, here are some pictures from Saturday. I didn't take any pictures on Sunday since it rained all day.

A view of the parking area.   About 250 rockhounds showed up for the event.
Tents for food, displays and eating.
Eddie Rucks at his display.
Conley doing the cooking.
Harriet Rose looking at the rocks on display.
People heading toward the pit.   Swamp/settling area in the background.
Muddy is hardly the word.
Several people got stuck in this mud.
Rockhounds working the walls.
Digging in the clam layer with the calcite.
JGMS members at work.
Everett Harrington and Jason Hamilton in the pit.
Clam that Jason Hamilton was working on.
Fossil crab found at the pit.

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